Antonio García Padilla (born 1954 in

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) is a Puerto Rican scholar. He served as the president of

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from 2001 to 2009.

Personal life

Garcia Padilla was born in Ponce and raised in the nearby town of

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. He had five brothers, among them

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, former senator and Governor of Puerto Rico, and

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, current mayor of

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Training

García Padilla received his undergraduate degree in 1974 and his law degree in 1978 from the University of Puerto Rico and an LL.M. from

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in 1981. He has served as law clerk first to the

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and then on the

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. He was then Assistant Professor at the

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, later serving as Associate Dean of the Law School in 1983 and Dean in 1986. In 1999, he was elected to the Council of The American Law Institute.

President

He served as president of the

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Personal life

Training

President

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